DVD review: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Singin’ in the Rain This beautifully restored 60th anniversary DVD/Blu-ray of the 1952 film is a wonderful parody of the birth of talkies that has great wit, an intelligent script, terrific music and dancing that can’t be beat. The movie, directed by its star, Gene Kelly, and Stanley Donen, tells the story of Don Lockwood, a slightly full-of-himself silent movie …
DVD review: ‘Jaws’ Jaws “When I think of ‘Jaws,’ I think of courage and stupidity,” recalls director Steven Spielberg in the extras on this brand-new Blu-ray.
Which movies to see this weekend, Aug. 24 Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul’s superb documentary covers the 1990s investigation into the fate of rock footnote Sixto Rodriguez. “Searching” has emotional valleys and zeniths, and gasp-inducing turns, as old friends, fans and Rodriguez’s grown daughters are interviewed
Movies opening this week, Aug. 24 The Apparition Researchers (Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton) out to prove that paranormal occurrences spring from the minds of humans embark on an experiment. Compliance A fast-food restaurant manager takes a call from an officer who reports a woman is accusing pretty worker Becky (Dreama Walker) of theft.
DVD review: ‘Films of Fury’ none of that Chinese body-flying, butt-kicking attitude is missing in this amusing, eye-popping documentary based on the “Films of Fury” book by Ric Meyers, a World Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee. An expert on genre movies in general, Meyers traces the Peking Opera origins of kung fu through the latest in CGI American-made pandas.
Which movies to see this weekend, Aug. 17 The Beauty of the Real: The 14-film festival of women in contemporary French cinema begins Friday night with a double feature of two crowd-pleasing films, never released in the United States: “Anthony Zimmer,” about an innocent man targeted for assassination by a femme fatale (Sophie Marceau); and “Prix a Payer,” a brutal comedy, with Nathalie Baye as a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 17 The Hunger Games Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson star as teens forced to fight to the death in Gary Ross’ solid, faithful (if unexceptional) adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bajillion-selling young adult novels. Tonight You’re Mine In a twist on Boy Meets Girl, Luke Treadaway and Natalia Tena play rockers who get handcuffed together, literally, at a Scottish …
Movies opening this week, Aug. 17 Beloved Christophe Honoré’s three-decade escapade depicts the flirtations, deceptions and liberation of a mother (Ludivine Sagnier/Catherine Deneuve) and daughter (Chiara Mastroianni) attempting to heed their hearts.
The “Transformers” star isn’t just walking away from the Hollywood studio system that raised him — he’s bolting. “I’m done,” says the 26-year-old actor.